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Jean Kambanda

prime minister of Rwanda
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Jean Kambanda was the prime minister of Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. He pleaded guilty to six charges of genocide and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The genocide, a planned campaign of mass murder, occurred over 100 days from April to July 1994, during which an estimated 800,000 civilians, primarily Tutsi and moderate Hutu, were killed. Extremist Hutu elements orchestrated the genocide, aiming to eliminate the Tutsi population and any opposition. Kambanda's guilty plea and subsequent sentencing were part of the international efforts to prosecute those responsible for the atrocities.1

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  1. Rwanda genocide of 1994
  2. Paul Kagame
  3. history of Rwanda

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